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Thomas A Kempis' Of the Imitation of Christ; finely bound in full crushed morocco by Bayntun for Brentanos
A KEMPIS, Thomas.
Of the Imitation of Christ.
London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co, 1884.
Finely bound example of a Kempis’ classic work. Octavo, bound in full crushed purple morocco by Bayntun for Brentano's with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, elaborate gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece. In very good condition. A handsome example.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 133424
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Reader's Union edition of Roger Fulford's Votes For Women: The Story of Struggle
FULFORD, Roger.
Votes For Women: The Story of Struggle.
London: Readers Union/Faber and Faber, 1958.
Reader's Union edition of Fulford's work on the UK women's suffrage movement. Octavo, original cloth. English journalist, historian, writer and politician Roger Fulford authored several important biographies and other works. Between 1964 and 1981 he edited five volumes of letters between Queen Victoria and the Princess Royal. He was President of the Liberal Party from 1964 to 1965. In very good condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 135490
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"It Is Very Queer That The Unhappiness Of The World Is So Often Brought On By Small Men": First Edition of All Quiet On The Western Front In The Rare Original Dust Jacket
REMARQUE, Erich Maria.
All Quiet On The Western Front.
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1929.
First American edition of this landmark novel of the 20th century. Octavo, original beige cloth. Very good in a good dust jacket with tape repair to the back panel, contemporary name to the front free endpaper, original clippings to the rear endpapers. Jacket design by Paul Wenck. Translated by A.W. Wheen.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 147451
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First Edition of Volume One of the Papers of Mathematician Peter Lax; Inscribed by Him
LAX, Peter.
Peter Lax Selected Papers. Volume 1.
Springer: New York, 2005.
First edition of volume one of the selected papers of mathematician Peter Lax. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For John Roger with best regards Peter D. Lax." In near fine condition. Edited by Peter Sarnak and Andrew Majda.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 100027
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First Edition of Tisza Tales; Inscribed by Rosika Schwimmer to Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt
SCHWIMMER, Rosika [Eleanor Roosevelt].
Tisza Tales.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc, 1928.
First edition of this enchanting work of Hungarian folklore. Octavo, original publisher's cloth with gilt titles and detailing to the spine and front panel, pictorial endpapers, frontispiece with an additional illustrated title page, illustrated with color plates and black and white plates by Willy Pogány. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt for her White House Juvenile Library with admiration for her activities on behalf of children Rosika Schwimmer March 1933." The recipient, Eleanor Roosevelt was a political figure, diplomat, and activist. She was the longest-serving first lady of the United States, during…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 147722
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First Greek Edition of Kazantzakis' England: A Travel Journal
KAZANTZAKIS, Nikos.
Taxidevontas Aglia [England: A Travel Journal].
Athens: Pyrsos, 1941.
Rare first edition in Greek of Kazantzakis' travelogue of England. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition with light rubbing.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 116453
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First Edition of Steve Reich's Writings on Music, 1965-2000; Inscribed by Him
REICH, Steve; Edited by Paul Hillier.
Writings on Music, 1965-2000.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
First edition of Reich's collection of music from 1965-2000. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "For Peter Happy Birthday! Steve Reich." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Edited by Paul Hillier.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 2220
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"The most dangerous woman in America": First edition of the Autobiography of Mother Jones
JONES, Mary G. Harris. [Mother Jones].
Autobiography of Mother Jones.
Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Company, 1925.
First edition of the autobiography of the most famous female labor activist of the nineteenth century, Mother Jones. Octavo, original cloth. Edited by Mary Field Parton. Introduction by Clarence Darrow. In very good condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 123791
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"On a gorgeous sunny winter's day in Cornwall": A Page From The Constant Gardener; Annotated by John LE CARRÉ
LE CARRÉ, John.
John le Carré Annotated Page From The Constant Gardener.
November 12, 2020.
Rare annotated page from the author's classic spy thriller. Octavo, one page on the first page of Chapter 19 of 'The Constant Gardener,' annotated by the author around the chapter heading, "John le Carré - on a gorgeous sunny winter's day in Cornwall, 12 Nov 2020." In fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 146559
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First Edition of Yogi Berra's Behind the Plate; Signed by Him
BERRA, Yogi.
Behind the Plate.
Larchmont, NY: Argonaut Books, 1962.
First edition of this early work by the baseball legend. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Yogi Berra on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Written with Til Ferdenzi.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 147169
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First Edition of The World's Banker: The History of the House of Rothschild; Signed by Niall Ferguson
FERGUSON, Niall.
The House of Rothschild. The World’s Banker 1849-1999.
New York: Viking, 1999.
First edition of the Ferguson's monumental history of the Rothschilds. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Niall Ferguson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gail Belenson.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 147603
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First Edition of Howard Raiffa's The Art and Science of Negotiation; Inscribed by Him
RAIFFA, Howard.
The Art and Science of Negotiation: How To Resolve Conflicts and Get the Best Out of Bargaining.
Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University , 1982.
First edition of this classic work on negotiating. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Mark- Thank you ever so much for your considerable inputs to this book. Howard." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 42102
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"The contemplation of a magnificent structure and of an extensive work are objects exceedingly pleasing to the imagination": John Campbell's A Political Survey of Britain
CAMPBELL, John.
A Political Survey of Britain: Being a Series of Reflections on the Situation, Lands, Inhabitants, Revenues, Colonies, and Commerce of This Island.
Dublin: T. Ewing and C. Jenkin, 1775.
Rare second edition of John Campbell's classic survey of late sixteenth century Britain. Octavo, four volumes, bound in full contemporary calf, raised bands, red and green morocco spine labels, gilt titles. In good condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 81166
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“Everything is possible, even the impossible.": The deluxe novelization of Disney's Mary Poppins Returns; signed by Legendary Actress Angela Lansbury
TRAVERS, P.L.. Adapted by Kathy McCullough. Screenplay by David Magee. [Angela Lansbury].
Mary Poppins Returns.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Disney Enterprises, Inc., 2018.
First edition, early printing of the deluxe novelization of the 2018 American musical fantasy film starring Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated with color photographs from the film. Signed by Angela Lansbury opposite the title page. Lansbury played played the role of the Balloon Lady, a kindly old woman who sells balloons at the park. The part was written to be a cameo role for Julie Andrews who portrayed Mary Poppins in the original film, but she turned the role down as she felt her presence would unfairly take attention away from Emily Blunt. In fine…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 138522
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First Edition of William F. Sharpe's Introduction To Managerial Economics; Signed by Him
SHARPE, William F.
Introduction To Managerial Economics.
New York and London: Columbia University Press , 1973.
First edition of this early work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by William F. Sharpe on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 112354
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Signed Limited Edition of Rackham's The King of the Golden River
RUSKIN, John. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
The King of the Golden River.
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1932.
Signed limited edition. Octavo, original limp vellum, gilt titles and decoration to front cover, illustrated endpapers, top edge gilt, color frontispiece and three plates, illustrations in the text, all by Rackham. Signed by Arthur Rackham, one of 570 copies of which 550 were for sale, this is number 549. Near fine in the the rare original slipcase, bookplate.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 117643
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Rare collection of early 20th century photographs of Indian landmarks and landscapes
Indian Landmark Photograph Collection.
Rare collection of black and white photographs taken by John Nort Hall an army photographer with the British military police stationed in India. 15 photographs measuring 8 inches by ten inches, the collection includes photographs of the Taj Mahal, temples, oxen bathing, and local people working and living. In near find condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 119534
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"Its name is Public Opinion. It is held in reverence. It settles everything. Some think it is the voice of God": Mark Twain's Europe and Elsewhere; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
TWAIN, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens].
Europe and Elsewhere.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1923.
Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. With an appreciation by Brander Matthews and an introduction by Albert Bigelow Paine. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 74026
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First Edition of Volume II of the Papers of Mathematician Peter Lax; Inscribed by Him
LAX, Peter.
Peter Lax Selected Papers. Volume II.
Springer-Verlag: New York, 2005.
First edition of volume two of the selected papers of mathematician Peter Lax. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For John Roger with best regards Peter D. Lax." In near fine condition. Edited by Peter Sarnak and Andrew Majda.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 100028
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First edition of Francis B. Cooke's Single-Handed Cruising; from the library of adventurer and explorer Steve Fossett
COOKE, Francis B.
Single-Handed Cruising.
London: Edward Arnold, 1919.
First edition of this essential early manual on single-handed cruising by one of the greatest yachting writers of the 20th century. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the front pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 115637